Sec. 4. Interagency Coordinating Committee on Wildland Fire Risk Reduction
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Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Wildland Fire Risk Reduction, to be co-chaired by the Director and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In addition to the co-chairs, the Committee shall be composed of— the Director of the National Science Foundation; the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the United States Fire Administration; the Chief of the Forest Service; the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; the Secretary of Energy; the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; the Secretary of the Interior; the Director of United States Geological Survey; the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and the head of any other Federal agency that the Director considers appropriate.
The Committee shall meet not less than twice a year for the first 2 years and then not less than once a year at the call of the Director. The Committee shall oversee the planning, management, and coordination of the Program, and solicit stakeholder input on Program goals. The Committee shall develop and submit to Congress, not later than 1 year after enactment, a Strategic Plan for the Program that includes— prioritized goals for the Program, consistent with the purposes of the Program as described in section 2; short-term, mid-term, and long-term research and development objectives to achieve those goals; a description of the role of each Program agency in achieving the prioritized goals; a description of how the Committee will foster collaboration between and among the Program agencies to help meet the goals of the Program; the methods by which progress toward the goals will be assessed; an explanation of how the Program will foster the translation of research into measurable reductions in the losses of life and property from wildland fires, including recommended outcomes and metrics for each program goal and how operational Program agencies will transition demonstrated technologies and research findings into operations; a description of the research infrastructure, including databases and computational tools, needed to accomplish the research and development objectives outlined in paragraph (2), a description of how research infrastructure in existence at the time of the development of the plan will be used to meet the objectives, and an explanation of how new research infrastructure will be developed to meet the objectives; a description of how Program agencies will collaborate with stakeholders and take into account stakeholder needs and recommendations in developing research and development objectives; recommendations on the most effective means to integrate the research results into wildland fire preparedness and response actions across Federal, State, and local levels; and guidance on how the Committee’s recommendations are best used in climate adaptation planning for Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial entities.
The Director shall ensure that the activities of the Program are coordinated with other relevant Federal initiatives as appropriate. Not later than 18 months after the date transmission of the Strategic Plan from subsection
(e)to Congress and not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Committee shall submit to the Congress a report on the progress of the Program that includes— a description of the activities funded under the Program, a description of how those activities align with the prioritized goals and research objectives established in the Strategic Plan, and the budgets, per agency, for these activities; and the outcomes achieved by the Program for each of the goals identified in the Strategic Plan.